Inside on the Outside

The months had bled into September. Kakashi’s 27th birthday had arrived and Anko couldn’t concentrate on anything at work that day because she was too hyped up for amateur night at the strip club on the other side of town that night.

“Hey, you’re coming to watch me get naked tonight right?” Anko demanded of Kurenai. She laughed.

“Yes, I’m coming to cheer you on as you get naked.” Kureni answered.

“Oh my god! Do it with me! You should enter amateur night with me! C’mon Asuma will totally sleep with you after the show. Kurenai laughed wildly.

“I’m not as comfortable with my naked self in front of a bunch of drunken men as you are.” Kurenai said.

“I told Kakashi like forever ago that I would do this on his birthday. He’s already freaking out because he’s getting closer to 30.” Kurenai laughed.

“What? 30 isn’t old besides he has three more years.”

“Yeah, tell him that.” Anko said. “Anyway, I’m glad you’re coming tonight because after I win, which I will I’m going to have sex the rest of the night. Oh, here take this giant stack of papers to Iruka if you’re going downstairs.” Anko had a way of making people her personal bitch without actually telling them that’s what they were and Kurenai (though they were close friends) was no exception. The day dragged on until Anko finally left the academy and headed for home.

“Happy birthday!” She called jumping onto Kakashi’s lap. He was sitting on the couch for he had gotten home earlier than Anko that day. She locked her lips tightly to his and he didn’t resist her one bit…in fact he invited much more of her. But she wasn’t about to give anything up right now, she had to get drinking so her increases of winning amateur night would increase. The alcohol melted what little inhibitions she had left when she was taking off her clothes in a room full of people.

“I can’t believe you are actually going through with this tonight.” Kakashi told her.

“Do you not want me to? You know, I can strip right here I just won’t win all the cash.” Kakashi was trying his hardest to get his hands under the back of Anko’s bra even though she was continuously fighting him away from the clasps.

“Oh believe me I want you to. It’s just really unique that’s all. I don’t know any other woman would actually go through with it.” Kakashi said kissing her neck.

“That’s right, I forgot. I’m supposed to be all ‘oh I can’t take my clothes off in a sleazy strip club it will destroy my pride’ screw that I’m getting naked!” Anko proudly proclaimed. Once again, this is what Kakashi loved about her, the fact that she was so secure with herself that she actually made other women feel insecure, like that they needed to be more like her. Kakashi laughed at her.

“See this is why I love you.” Kakashi told her.

“Because I get naked?”

“No because you just don’t give a shit.” He said. Anko smiled and kissed him again.

“Hell, if I let other people dictate to me how I’m supposed to act I would have never survived as a ninja let alone a person.” Anko said getting good and liquored up for her evening routine.

By 8:30, Kakashi and Anko met Kurenai, Asuma, Iruka, Genma, Gai, Shizune and Hayate and left for the club.

“Hey, who will pee their pants if we walk in and find Jiraiya?” Iruka and Kurenai laughed.

“Don’t laugh it off, he goes to this place but it surprises me because this place seems too classy for him.” Anko said. It was true, it was one of the cleanest strip clubs in Konoha and Anko was on a first name basis with the manager, the fact that she had won the amateur contest before caught the manager’s attention…his dancers didn’t have a ninja’s body. Once inside there wasn’t much going on and Anko had reserved them a table near the staging area (who she knew came in handy in getting such a good table).

“Damn, Anko why didn’t you get us close any closer.” Kurenai said sarcastically.

“God! I can’t believe I let you perverts talk me into this. What is wrong with you people!? You all have issues you know that…all of you! I can’t believe…” Anko cut Gai (who was sweating profusely and ranting) off.

“Gai…when was the last time you got laid?” Anko watched as Gai thought a moment. “Exactly! So since you don’t even remember the last time you saw breasts…you’ll really get an eyeful tonight.” Anko smiled with facetious delight.

“Okay, you all start drinking I have to get backstage and drink some more. Tell the waitress you know me and she won’t charge any of you. You! You better be so trashed you can hardly set up.” Anko said kissing Kakashi through the mask. She would be able to tell how drunk he was if the mask came off later.

“Why do you want him so drunk?” Hayate asked.

“He’s an exceptionally kinky lover when he’s drunk.” Anko knew she had just given Hayate too much information….she loved doing that. Anko left her friends to start drinking and she scurried off to finish preparing herself before the show began. Three of the regulars opened the night before the amateurs took the stage. Anko worked on her eyeliner backstage when she noticed a woman nervously chain smoking cigarettes. Anko could tell she was a regular dancer there; she had a hard look to her compared to Anko who looked like an attractive young woman, this woman, though young, appeared more than troubled.

“You look nervous.” Anko said to her quickly downing a shot of tequila.

“Ha! Yeah, you could say that. You an amateur?” the woman asked.

“Yeah.” Anko answered.

The woman smiled, “I’ve danced for 4 years now. Been taking my clothes off every night only to have my tips taken away from me.” The woman insisted lighting up another cigarette. She offered one to Anko but Anko politely declined.

“Let me guess, you live with your boyfriend, but you two are on the outs so much that you aren’t really together and he has a drinking problem. He becomes violent and hits on you when he’s been drinking.” The woman looked at Anko in disbelief.

“How the fuck would you know all of that?” she asked.

“It’s written all over your face and you have a bruise on your hip. Let me tell you something. You don’t have to put up with that shit. A man will control you if you let him, he will make you a pawn in his wicked game until he discovers that you are useless to him (Anko was referring to none other than Orochimaru) and then he will cast you aside like used goods. It takes years to put the pieces of a broken woman back together…and sometimes we are left with scares that never…ever heal…so tonight when you walk out there you dance for you and you take those tips and you buy you a bus ticket to somewhere else.” Anko gave her a wink and poured herself another shot of tequila. “God, I love hard tequila.”

The woman eyed Anko. She had never been so empowered in her life. She blinked a few times.

“Tha….thank you…for lending me your courage.” Anko shrugged.

“No problem, now go get some tips.” Anko smiled. She was drunk and she was one of the first amateurs to dance that night.

“Oh shit! Kakashi!” Iruka was laughing and falling over on Kakashi’s shoulder. “I’ve never seen you this drunk!” Both Iruka and Kakashi were very drunk and they had already yelled ‘you suck’ at three amateurs. Asuma was trying his hardest to get his hands up Kurenai’s skirt and that wasn’t working out too well. Anko took the stage. There was a mike on the stage and she took it and immediately pointed out which table was there for her. Her table was definitely the loudest there that night and she loved it. She also made it clear whose birthday it was and what she was going to do to him after they elf the club…the crowd went wild for this. And so her 4 ½ minutes of fame began…

Anko was the only dancer that had permission to throw illusionary kunai into the wall as a part of her dance. How kunai and taking her clothes off fit together no one was certain but it wasn’t questioned either. Anko could move her hips in ways that would make anyone blush. She could wrap her legs around a pole in ways that would make anyone blush even more and the way she peeled her clothes off…let’s just say it’s a wonder Kakashi didn’t pass out. Hayate, Shizune, Kurenai or Asuma had never seen that much of Anko and they gave her a wild cheer to go with her wild body. Once she was stripped down as far as she was able to go in this club she motioned for Kakashi to come get her off the stage. He stumbled over to the stage and lifted his arms up toward her while everyone else in the crowd still gave her a standing ovation. Anko picked up what little clothes she had and stuffed a huge fist of money (the amateurs could collect tips) into Kakashi’s pocket, she actually just wanted an excuse to put her hand in his pants. She wrapped her legs around him and Kakashi pulled her off the stage. She kissed him again before zipping away to get dressed.

Anko won that night. It was her second time. Kurenai actually admired her; she wished she had the guts Anko did. Gai was a little shocked by the whole even and he didn’t say much when they left except for ‘God, Kakashi you are a lucky man,’ which he had repeated at least 40 times. Now, it was time for Anko to take Kakashi home and finish celebrating his 27th birthday…happy birthday Kakashi…happy birthday…